Board of Directors
T. Peter Kingham, MD is completing a surgical oncology
fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center. He has participated in missions to Malawi,
Mexico, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Tanzania,
and was a Yale/Johnson & Johnson international
health scholar for surgery. As part of his
residency training at New York University Hospital,
he did two years of cancer research at the Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and started a
certificate degree program in international
surgery.
Dr. Kingham has an M.D. from SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine and a B.A. from Yale University.
peter@humanitariansurgery.org
Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH is a board certified general surgeon who practices exclusively in developing countries. He has worked as a general surgeon and educator in Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Sudan, led landmine assessment missions to Azerbaijan and Kosovo, conducted human rights assessments in Iraq, taught trauma care and landmine injury management in Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, and worked as a health specialist following the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia. Since 2003 he has participated in US military training exercises as a subject matter expert for human rights and humanitarian assistance issues and is a member of the planning committee of the World Health Organization’s Global Initiative on Emergency and Essential Surgical Care.
Dr. Kushner completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, has an M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins, and a B.A. from Cornell University.
adam@humanitariansurgery.org
Ann Colley is Executive Director of The Moore Charitable Foundation where she has worked for the past fourteen years. During her tenure, Colley worked with the founder to develop its mission of supporting environmental causes. The foundation currently works with at least 50 environmental conservation advocacy and research organizations. Before joining The Moore Charitable Foundation, she worked for six successful political campaigns including presidential, congressional and gubernatorial campaigns. She worked for five years with the preeminent national dropout organization, Communities in Schools, providing fundraising and program design expertise. Colley currently serves on the national board of trustees of the Land Trust Alliance and Waterkeeper Alliance as well as the board of Riverkeeper and Group for the East End . She was instrumental in securing seed funding for Waterkeeper Alliance and founding the Peconic Baykeeper program. She is a member of YouthAIDS Leadership Circle and Conservation International’s Chairman’s Council as well as NRDC's New York Council and E2, NRDC's national community of professionals and business people who believe in protecting the environment while building economic prosperity.
D. Brooke Harlow is Managing Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Highbridge Capital Management, a New York based hedge fund with approximately $30B of assets under management. Ms. Harlow is responsible for the corporate communications, marketing, branding, events and public affairs operations at the firm and serves as its spokesperson. Prior to joining Highbridge, Ms. Harlow was a Vice President of Investment Bank Marketing and Communications at JPMorgan for six years. During her time at JPMorgan, Ms. Harlow managed the media relations for the global credit, emerging markets and private equity businesses at the bank. She also served as head of marketing and communications for Latin America and as a member of the Latin American Investment Bank management committee. Ms.Harlow also previously worked for CNN in Mexico City and Washington, D.C. Ms. Harlow is a graduate of Yale University and a Rotary Scholar who studied at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico.
Jeffrey Psaki is a credit trader and Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University in 2000. At Harvard, Jeffrey was the captain of the men's lacrosse team. He is originally from Garden City, New York.
Natacha Weiss is President of American Friends of the Bambi Homes Colombia, a foundation she founded in the United States for abandoned children in Colombia. From 1997 to 2000, she served as an advocate for Refugees International in the Great Lakes Region of Africa and in West Africa. Citing her videotaped interviews, The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune published a front-page story documenting the mutilation campaign in Sierra Leone. Natacha’s work experience includes missions to Guatemala and Mexico for UNHCR; DRC for the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies; and Colombia for Help for Children. She also worked with American Friends Service Committee and the AIDS program of the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies. Natacha was born in Toronto, Canada, and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. She has a BA (Honors) in International Relations and Psychology with an emphasis on Refugees Studies from Webster University. She is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German. Natacha is a board member of Refugees International since 2004; American Friends of the Bambi Homes Colombia since 2001; and Help for Children since 1996. Natacha is married with two children and lives in New York City.
Dr. Kingham has an M.D. from SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine and a B.A. from Yale University.
peter@humanitariansurgery.org
Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH is a board certified general surgeon who practices exclusively in developing countries. He has worked as a general surgeon and educator in Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Sudan, led landmine assessment missions to Azerbaijan and Kosovo, conducted human rights assessments in Iraq, taught trauma care and landmine injury management in Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, and worked as a health specialist following the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia. Since 2003 he has participated in US military training exercises as a subject matter expert for human rights and humanitarian assistance issues and is a member of the planning committee of the World Health Organization’s Global Initiative on Emergency and Essential Surgical Care.
Dr. Kushner completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, has an M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins, and a B.A. from Cornell University.
adam@humanitariansurgery.org
Ann Colley is Executive Director of The Moore Charitable Foundation where she has worked for the past fourteen years. During her tenure, Colley worked with the founder to develop its mission of supporting environmental causes. The foundation currently works with at least 50 environmental conservation advocacy and research organizations. Before joining The Moore Charitable Foundation, she worked for six successful political campaigns including presidential, congressional and gubernatorial campaigns. She worked for five years with the preeminent national dropout organization, Communities in Schools, providing fundraising and program design expertise. Colley currently serves on the national board of trustees of the Land Trust Alliance and Waterkeeper Alliance as well as the board of Riverkeeper and Group for the East End . She was instrumental in securing seed funding for Waterkeeper Alliance and founding the Peconic Baykeeper program. She is a member of YouthAIDS Leadership Circle and Conservation International’s Chairman’s Council as well as NRDC's New York Council and E2, NRDC's national community of professionals and business people who believe in protecting the environment while building economic prosperity.
D. Brooke Harlow is Managing Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Highbridge Capital Management, a New York based hedge fund with approximately $30B of assets under management. Ms. Harlow is responsible for the corporate communications, marketing, branding, events and public affairs operations at the firm and serves as its spokesperson. Prior to joining Highbridge, Ms. Harlow was a Vice President of Investment Bank Marketing and Communications at JPMorgan for six years. During her time at JPMorgan, Ms. Harlow managed the media relations for the global credit, emerging markets and private equity businesses at the bank. She also served as head of marketing and communications for Latin America and as a member of the Latin American Investment Bank management committee. Ms.Harlow also previously worked for CNN in Mexico City and Washington, D.C. Ms. Harlow is a graduate of Yale University and a Rotary Scholar who studied at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico.
Jeffrey Psaki is a credit trader and Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University in 2000. At Harvard, Jeffrey was the captain of the men's lacrosse team. He is originally from Garden City, New York.
Natacha Weiss is President of American Friends of the Bambi Homes Colombia, a foundation she founded in the United States for abandoned children in Colombia. From 1997 to 2000, she served as an advocate for Refugees International in the Great Lakes Region of Africa and in West Africa. Citing her videotaped interviews, The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune published a front-page story documenting the mutilation campaign in Sierra Leone. Natacha’s work experience includes missions to Guatemala and Mexico for UNHCR; DRC for the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies; and Colombia for Help for Children. She also worked with American Friends Service Committee and the AIDS program of the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies. Natacha was born in Toronto, Canada, and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. She has a BA (Honors) in International Relations and Psychology with an emphasis on Refugees Studies from Webster University. She is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German. Natacha is a board member of Refugees International since 2004; American Friends of the Bambi Homes Colombia since 2001; and Help for Children since 1996. Natacha is married with two children and lives in New York City.
